I have a Verizon Wireless iPhone 4 and the time didn't change for daylight savings time today. It is set to do it automaticly and I also tried to sync it to see if it would change but it didn't. Any advice?
Eloquently stated, but you are not addressing Apple, and no one at Apple will see this message (except perhaps by accident). This is a user to user forum. To communicate with Apple go to
http://www.apple.com/feedback.
I had the same issue this morning. I went to bed (Sunday, March 13) thinking my iPhone 4 was fine--as it apparently had no trouble adjusting to DST yesterday--only to wake up this morning (Monday, March 14) to find it had reset itself an hour back again, which made me late this morning!
+1 I had the same issue with my 3gs. Yesterday the time was fine, it changed correctly. This morning I woke up to find that it had reverted back 1 hr. My partners iphone 4 was fine though. We're both on 4.2.1. I had to restart my 3gs for it to switch to the appropriate time, I should not have had to do this after the fact.
Update: I foolishly decided to call AT&T about this issue, since it hasn't been addressed officially nor has it been corrected.
"Michael" at AT&T knew nothing of this problem. When I explained it, & told him everything I had tried (hard shutdown, reboot; erase iPhone & restore from 3/12 backup; everything else recommended here in these discussions; multiple times, in various configurations), he simply:
1 -- said no one else is having this problem.
2 -- read from the manual, "how to change from automatic time setting to manual,"
4 -- told me there is no problem with DST on iPhones with AT&T,
5 -- told me it is an APPLE problem.
I asked him to transfer me to someone who can help, so I was transferred to APPLECARE support.
That person, "Martel," said the AT&T person gave him no information about my problem. After I explained, again, what was happening, he:
1 -- said no one else has called with this problem,
2 -- read from the manual, "how to change from automatic setting to manual,"
3 -- told me it is a VERIZON issue (I reminded him that AT&T transferred me to him...),
4 -- told me it is an AT&T issue,
5 -- told me (this is verbatum) "Sorry, this problem doesn't exist."
I asked to be transferred to someone who could help, and he switched me back to the AT&T answering system.
(Lest you think I was angry or mean, you should know I've been a programmer/customer support gal for many years, and I know it's wrong to be angry with the folks who answer the phone. In both cases, I told the guys about these discussions on apple.com (neither of them is familiar with these), and I told them it's the fault of their organizations for failing to provide them with current info. Didn't help to be nice, though.)
(iPhone 3G, 4.2.1, no other equipment or software problems, I'm in Chattanooga, TN, AT&T carrier)
About reporting the problems to apple feedback -- after you've chosen the product, the form allows such a limited choice of topics and, then, requires the entry of your iMac OS (even though you've chosen the iPhone as the product you're writing about.)
I had the same alarm problem.
I have the recurring alarm (same time every morning)
Sunday it never went off.
Monday morning, went off an hour early.
squinted my eyes to reset my current alarm exactly as I had it; recurring at the same daily time.
Never went off.
If you set the alarm to NOT repeat, it will go off.
So, now I have to remember to turn it on every night?
I use Rogers in Toronto Canada and called them on Sunday. Went through all of the procedures including Reset - Erase all and Restore to no avail.
Have discovered that when you are in 'Automatic' Date & Time and turn off 3G the correct time displays. As soon as I select 3G the time appears incorrectly. The same happens on my iPad.
Went online with Rogers today and they are going to 'escalate' the problem.
This is the second time the iPhone adjusted for Daily Light Savings Time and then the alarms went off as if the time never changed. My alarm was set for 6am and the iPhone internal clock changed properly last Sunday. This meant everything was in place to work as designed. I even double checked the iPhone clock and alarm to ensure because my loving wife looked me straight in the eye and said "Make sure your alarm is set properly." I did and looked her right back in the eyes and said, Apple is the greatest company on earth and their device is set to go off at 6am tomorrow; my love. She gave me that look of, well I will give you the benefit the doubt this time.
5 am this morning the alarm woke us both from what I imagine was total Alpha sleep patterns, she basically lost it. I found my self it a near fight for life as pillows and slers were thrown about with the intention of causing me harm.
Apple, you are a horrible company and are the cause of most domenstic violance in the early morning hours. There, I said it.
I hate to be the one to say this, but maybe your fiance is using a different cell tower behind your back. Just saying, it could be happening. That would explain the time sync difference.
I was having the same problem everyone else has outlined; iPhone 4 w/ AT&T that was an hour behind. I tried several things but nothing worked. Also talked with AT&T and they said it was an Apple problem and Apple said it was more than likely an AT&T problem. I am in Chattanooga, TN which is located several miles east of the line for central and eastern time zones.
As I was reading I noticed that my phone actually had the right time on it. For some reason it just changed on its own. NO CLUE. I still have "Set Automatically" ON. Hope others have similar luck.
I use Rogers in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. I have not called Rogers.
Since Sunday, I have experienced the same problem: Date & Time set to: Set Automatically, yields the time set to one hour earlier than the correct time.
Since reading your post, I tried what you mentioned about turning off the 3G setting, and have found the exact same thing: When 3G is turned off the time is correct, when switched back on, it reverts back one hour earlier than the proper time.
This is obviously not a viable solution, neither is running with "Set Automatically" turned off all the time. Seems like it would suggest it's a Rogers problem then?
I would be very interested to hear the result of Rogers "escalation"?!
Last year my alarm went off an hour early. The only way to fix it then was to change my weekdays alarm to a different time and the back to my desired time. I was late to work that day. Thanks apple!
My alarm did not go off at all this morning at all. I did not adjust time of the alarm at all, not knowing about DST going into effect. So, tonight I set a new alarm and left the other alarm untouched to run a little test. I believe the new alarm will work fine but the untouched recuring alarm will not. I was late for work again today. Thanks apple!
As far as the time changing back and forth Sunday, I can't comment as I didn't notice anything unusual (I didn't know DST went into effect). I also didn't hardly touch my phone that day.
I just can't figure out how a $10 walmart alarm clock is more reliable than my $200 iPhone 4.
I've been plagued with proximity sensor issues since June 23, poor reception (deathgrip), alarm clock bugs, random camera roll errors, and a new FaceTime bug introduced in 4.3 (other party has no video feed from me, and I don't see myself either).
I have called apple support several times and it never ceases to amaze me how the they act like I'm the only person who has had any problems with my phone. All they need to do is google search any find out I'm not the only one.
My wife and I have owned 3G, 3GS, and iPhone 4 devices. I have never had 1 for an entire year and each have had to be replaced for one reason or another. I'm ok with that. But the issues that have plagued me since June 23 are just ridiculous!!
Oh, and do I really need to mention how bad AT&T network is. Yeah it's freaking fast but what good does that do if you have no coverage to connect?Who cares about 4G speeds. What I need is reliability. I have more dropped calls than anyone I know. So many that I tell people to stay on Your 3GS. It's waaaaaaY more reliable.
Well thats about it. I am getting ready to go and get a 6th iPhone 4 replacement at apple this weekend. Proximty sensor problems still. Thanks apple!
